Posted by mikezillion at February 17th, 2007

This is a cute PR trick at best. My secret fantasy lover Michael Lucas had the good sense to recognize the ridiculousness of a lawsuit filed on Thursday, seeking to stop the sale of “La Dolce Vita Part 1″ and “La Dolce Vita Part 2″ because the names of the gay adult films allegedly infringe on the trademark of the 1961 classic “La Dolce Vita” by Federico Fellini. I agree with Lucas on this one; nobody is going to confuse one of his films for Fellini’s–although with Lucas’s reputation, I don’t doubt his versions will become timeless classics of gay porn. But the last time I checked, you couldn’t copyright a title, or claim a trademark against a commonly used phrase. Should I check again?